Supreme Battle: Sen. Scott Brown vs. Sen. John McCain

Several Republican lawmakers are pushing the false charge
that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan "banned"
military recruiters from campus during her tenure as dean of Harvard Law
School.

For instance, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that he's "outraged" by Kagan's
attitude toward the armed forces. (McCain also blamed her for a university-wide
policy on ROTC, which was put in place when Kagan was in the fourth grade.)

This afternoon, however, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) poured some
cold water on the conservative attacks. After a private meeting with the
nominee, Brown said he was confident that Kagan is "very supportive of the
military as a whole." The Hill reports:

"She answered it, I felt, very
honestly, and it was very clear to me after we spoke about it at length that she is supportive of the men and women who
are fighting to protect us and very supportive of the military as a whole,"
Brown told reporters after the meeting.

"I do not feel that her judicial
philosophy will be hurting men and women who are serving," Brown
added.